At Ease - Wisconsin National Guard Department of Military Affairs

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vibrations by generating vibratory loads out of phase
with main rotor vibrations.
More powerful T700 series engines.
Foldable stabilator, allowing aircraft to be more quickly
prepared for transport or storage.
16 percent increase in rotor chord width,
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providing 500 pound increase in lift.
� Ballistically tolerant airframe structure, flight
control system, and drive system to improve
survivability.
� Integrated “glass cockpit” flight instrument
system.
� Vehicle health management system —
monitors aircraft systems and alerts crews of
out-of-tolerance conditions.
All of the unit’s original UH-60A aircraft
will be rebuilt as upgraded UH-60L models for
assignment elsewhere.
Wisconsin Army National Guard officers visit the Sikorsky helicopter
factory to observe the assembly of new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.
The Madison-based 147th Air Assault Battalion will be one of
the first units in the nation to receive the new "Mike" models.
Photo by Lt. Col. Tim Donovan
We stand corrected:
In the September 2008 issue of At Ease Express, we said the
147th’s acquisition of 15 new UH-60M aircraft would be “the first
time a Wisconsin Army Guard unit has ever received a brand-new
helicopter direct from the factory.” In fact, the Wisconsin Army
National Guard years ago received both UH-1 Huey and OH-58
Kiowa Scout helicopters directly from the Bell Aviation factory,
according to retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Darold Hoelz. Hoelz,
former state aviation officer, should know — he checked the new
planes in when they arrived in Wisconsin.
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